Atheists Need To Be Careful What They Wish For.

Many atheists/humanists/rationalists/etc. like to envision a world where everyone relies on fact and reason to make their decisions about life. But that might not seem like a utopian idea, if they think it through.

Right now, non-supernaturalists enjoy a documented superiority in ethics and education (among other things). Some of that, though, is the result of a sort of natural selection. In order to be free from the need for invisible friends in a world where invisible friends and the stories written about them are largely accepted, one needs a certain level of courage, fortitude, intelligence, self-discipline, self-responsibility, and morality to stand for act and freason.

Meanwhile, the morally and intellectually lazy folk are naturally more likely to use supernatural crutches. If, however, the realization of the silliness and fallacy of supernaturalism ever gains widespread acceptance, then those feeble-minded, weak-willed supernaturalists are going to screw up the stats.

It is very simple: Exceptional people create exceptional results (and statistics), while common folk create common results. If/when the common folk come to reject supernaturalism, they are going to lower the standards of the rationalist demographic. Yes, overall, things will be better in the world, but that air of statistical superiority that reasonable people currently possess will no longer be tenable.